A Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Cartel - 18th Century

It has a neo-classical decoration of laurel wreaths, pine cones, rams' heads and wolf teeth. The dial is surmounted by a casket urn on a frieze framed by greeks. Signed on the dial and the François Antoine movement in Paris active in 1766 rue d'Orléans. Model after a drawing by Jean Charles Delafosse Identical model at the Museum of Fine Arts Tours Perfect movement and gilding work Louis XVI period More information on www.arnaudromieux.com